Card game



To all fic/710m t may concern.'

Patented Mar. 23,

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nrivIn E. SMITH, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

, CARD GAME,

v.fippiiafitimi filed october 7, 1925i.` serial No. 61,123.r Y

Be it.known that I, Din/ID E. citizen of the United States, anda resident at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedV certain new and luseful Improvements in Card Gaines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to playing cards, and to card gaines generally, but particularly to card gaines of the lsimpler kind suitable to be indulged in without serious inental exertion with the object of affording diversion, relaxation and amusement to the older players, and simple enough for theA very 'young to understand and play, with the object of being aniused, entertained and lproviding such training, practice, experience and education as may be derived therefrom.

-With the above, and other objects in view, which will more particularly appear from the following description, I have described and illustrated in the following specification and accompanying illustrations, one style of my said game cards, which is the style preferred by me, but itl will be apparent that minor variations may be ymade therein, without departing from the spirit of my said 'Y invention.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference refer to the same parts throughout the various views,

Figure 1 is a view of one of the word b Y (t 77 cards showing the picture of a cow with the words Moo-oo thereon.

Figure 2 is a view of one of the word cards showino' a donkev with the wordsy Hee-haw thereon.

Figure 3 is a view of one of the word .preferably 41 cards cfa character as partially shown in tlie'said drawings. The said fortyone cards comprise four different suits, of

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ten cards each, and one blank card for the joke or joker card as hereinafter explained. l

It is desirable that the backs of all the cards in the deck shall be of a uniform design and color, or the said backs may be blank,y if desired, the principal purpose -of having them uniform is to prevent the possibility of identifying any particular card by the marking on the back thereof.

On the face, or front sides of four of the cards, I have provided the pictures as shown in Figures vl, 2, 3, and 4, with the words as shown, to indicate the sound made by each animal thereon represented, viz, one bears the picture of a cow with the words Moooo, a second bears the pictureof a donkey with the words IIee-haw; a third bears the picture of a cat with the words Meow; while the fourth bears the picture of a duck with the words Quack thereon. These four cards are known as the word-cards and largely take the place of the ace cards in other card games, as will be hereinafter more particularlyvv described.

" on fewer or more times, as they are merely indicative of the word cards of each suit as hereinafter'explained. i

Thirty-six of the remaining cards of the pack are divided into four suits of nine cards each, to correspond to the four word cards. Each one of the nine cards in each suit, has a picture of the aniinalrepresenting such suit printed thereon, andthe nine cards of each suit are numbered consecutively from. two to ten, both inclusive, the

numerals indicating such numbers appearing preferably in the upper left hand corner and in kthe lower right hand corner, reversed, in such manner that they may be conveniently read without regard as t0 which end of said card is uppermost, preferably as shown in the card shown in Fig. 5, all of the other .suit cards being substantially the same as the one there shown, with suitable `change of picture and numerals.

Although the cards herein described may be employed equally well if printed all in one uniform color of ink, yet for convenience, and to distinguish one suit quickly and readily from another suit, I have preferably made each l0 suit cards of a different color from each other set of suit cards, as red for the moo-oo7 card suit, purple for the hee-haw card suit; blue for the meow card suit, and green for the quack card suit.

@ne card, being the 41st, I preferably leave blank, to permit the players to write thereon such phrase or joke as such players shall prefer, such as I love you, Kiss me,

-Take me home or any other phrase or yoke which may provide amusement, or fun.

If preferred, the joker card may be omitted, and games played without it.

In playing with my said cards, the dealer shuttles the cards, and places them face down in the middle of the table. Any number from two to six may take part in the play, as desired. To secure the hands for play, each player draws a card in rotation, commencing with the player at the left of the dealer, and continuing around the table to the left. TWhen a word card is drawn by any player., that suit is trump for that hand, and the drawing stops when it reaches the dealer. The player drawing the word card '"4 should call it out at once, because if he does not, and a. succeeding player draws another word card and calls it out first, his card becomes trump, and the first player. loses his opportunity of naming trumps. In playing the hands, the player drawing the word card which is trump, must play it first. After this trick is taken, any suit may be led. The player taking the trick has the lead in the next trick, and the other players must follow suit, if they have suit cards, or must trump. The highest suit card, or trump card takes the trick. The word card is the low card of the suit. In counting points, each trick taken counts for one point. rlhe player drawing a werd card which is trumps, scores five points, and the player taking a trick with a word card7 trump counts six points.

Villen the blank card is used, it becomes a trump of all suits played, but the lowest in the game.

It will be apparent that many variations in the animals employed may be used, and that many different rules may be formulated for playing said game, and that said cards may be used to play many various games which the ingenuity of the players may suggest, and that each and all ofsuch variations in design, and play are within' the scope and spirit of my said invention.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,ris the following, viz :d

Al. A deck of cards for playing the game of Hee-Haw said cards and game being designed to depict certain well known animals, and comprising four word cards" each bearing a picture of a different animal, and thirty-six suit cards, nine bearing the representation of each of said animals, and numbered consecutively from two to ten, both inclusive, substantially as shown, and for the purposes described.

Q A deck of cards for. playing the game of Hee-Haw, said cards Vand game being designed to depict certain well known animals, said deck comprising four suits of ten cards each, one card of each suit having a representation of the animal representing said suit, and words to indicate said animal, and thel other nine cards of each of said suits having a representation of said animal, but no words, said other nine cards in each suit being numbered consecutively from two to ten, both inclusive, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

3. A deck of il playing cards for playing the game of Hee-Haw, one of said cards being blank, and adapted to be written upon, and in play intended to be trumps of any suit which is trump, four suits of ten cards each, each ten cards of each suit bearing a representation of some member' of the animal kingdom, nine of said cards bearing numbers from two tc ten consecutively, and one of each of said suit cards bearing words to remind players of the animal represented, said word cards indicating the trumps in play with said cards, substantially as shown and:V

described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature at the city of Chicago, State of Illinois.

DAVID E. SMITH. 

